San Jose: Triplex fire displaces five adults, six kids

SAN JOSE -- A one-alarm fire that broke out Friday morning in the kitchen of a triplex displaced five adults and six kids, according to fire officials.

Crews were called to the blaze on the 3800 block of Hamilton Avenue near Leigh Avenue around 10:45 a.m. and found the fire had spread up into the attics of two of the three units in the L-shaped triplex, said fire Capt. Cleo Doss.

"We had to tear apart the roof to get into the attic," Doss said. "That's why the two units are uninhabitable."

Four adults and three minors in one of the units needed Red Cross assistance in finding temporary shelter, while one adult and three minors in the other found a place to stay through relatives or friends, Doss said. The third unit was not attached to the others and was unscathed, he said.